Friday, December 11, 2009

Spider, in my words

acreopa : spider

The Illunse word for spider is acreopa. In Old English similar word ácréopian means to creep, crawl.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for spider which is átorcoppe (spider, literally seems to mean posion-spider), and the Latin word for spider which is aranea (spider, spider's web) or araneus (spider, of a spider).

In Old English words lobbe and loppe also translate to spider. A weaver as he goes, which I assume is a type of spider, is a gangewifre.

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